House
File
440
-
Enrolled
House
File
440
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
TUITION,
DEGREE
PROGRAMS,
EMPLOYMENT,
AND
RELATED
MATTERS
PERTAINING
TO
STUDENTS
ENROLLED
AT
REGENTS
INSTITUTIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
SHORT
TITLE.
This
Act
shall
be
known
and
may
be
cited
as
the
“College
Affordability
Act”.
Sec.
2.
Section
262.9,
subsection
19,
paragraph
a,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
Not
less
than
thirty
days
prior
to
action
by
the
board
on
any
proposal
to
increase
tuition,
fees,
or
charges
at
one
or
more
of
the
institutions
of
higher
education
under
its
control,
send
written
notification
of
the
amount
of
the
proposed
increase
including
a
copy
of
the
proposed
tuition
increase
docket
memorandum
prepared
for
its
consideration
to
the
presiding
officers
of
the
student
government
organization
of
the
affected
institutions.
The
final
decision
on
an
increase
in
tuition
or
mandatory
fees
charged
to
all
students
at
an
institution
for
a
fiscal
year
shall
be
made
at
a
regular
House
File
440,
p.
2
meeting
and
shall
be
reflected
in
a
final
docket
memorandum
that
states
the
estimated
total
cost
of
attending
each
of
the
institutions
of
higher
education
under
the
board’s
control.
The
regular
meeting
shall
be
held
in
Ames,
Cedar
Falls,
or
Iowa
City
and
shall
not
be
held
during
a
period
in
which
classes
have
been
suspended
for
university
holiday
or
break.
The
final
decision
on
an
increase
in
tuition
charged
to
all
students
at
an
institution
for
a
fiscal
year
shall
be
made
at
a
regular
meeting
held
no
later
than
April
30
of
the
previous
fiscal
year.
Sec.
3.
Section
262.9,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
39.
Direct
each
institution
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
board
to
begin
efforts
to
offer
at
least
one
baccalaureate
degree
program
that
can
be
completed
in
three
years.
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
40.
Direct
each
institution
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
board
to
begin
implementation
of
at
least
one
work
study
program
whereby
a
student
engages
in
part-time
employment
while
pursuing
a
degree
with
the
employer
being
financially
responsible
for
the
student’s
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
during
semesters
in
which
the
student
is
employed
by
the
employer.
Sec.
4.
INSTITUTIONS
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
GOVERNED
BY
THE
STATE
BOARD
OF
REGENTS
——
UNDERGRADUATE
TUITION
——
STUDY.
1.
The
state
board
of
regents
shall
conduct
a
study
on
establishing
a
policy
whereby
the
tuition
amount
charged
to
students
classified
as
residents
that
is
charged
to
an
undergraduate
student
in
the
student’s
first
academic
year
of
enrollment
will
not
increase
in
the
student’s
subsequent
academic
years
of
undergraduate
enrollment
for
three
consecutive
academic
years.
2.
The
study
shall
include
projections
of
how
much
such
a
policy
would
increase
enrollment
at
each
of
the
institutions
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
board,
the
technical
feasibility
of
such
a
policy,
the
cost
of
implementation
of
such
a
policy,
and
the
results
of
implementation
of
similar
policies
in
other
states.
House
File
440,
p.
3
3.
The
board
shall
submit
a
report
on
the
results
of
the
study
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
no
later
than
November
30,
2025.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
440,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor